Dough-cutting machine



G. FUMAGALLI AND C. SURICO. DOUGH cunma MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC- 2.1919.

P. CARDONE a 6 m a P NORRIS PETERS. INC.v LITHO WASHINGTON. D C.

P. CARDONE, G. FUMAG ALLI AND 0. SURICO. DOUGH CUTTING MACHINE.APPLICAflON FILED DEC-2; 1919. 3,373.796. Patented Apr. 5, 1921,

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APPLICATION FILED DEC- 21 l9|9'. 1,373,796. Patented Apr, 5, 1921.

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P. CARDONE, G. FUMAGALLI AND C. SURICO.

DOUGH CUTTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 2. 1919.

Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

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P. CARDONE, G. FUMAGALLI AND C. SURICO. noueu CUTTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FiLED DEC- 2. 1919,

Patented-Apr. 5, 1921;

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PAUL CARDONE, GIACOMO FUlviAG-ALLI, AND CARMINESURICO, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.

DOUGH-CUTTIN G IYIACEINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. I PatjQntQdihpl'. 5, 1921;

Application filed December 2, 1919. Serial No. $41,919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we," PAUL OARDONE, Gmooero .FUMAGALLI, and CARMINESURIoo, citizens of the United States of America, residing at New York,in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful improvements in DoughCutting lllachines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The primary object of the present invention resides in the provision ofa machine for cutting dough and especially a machine for cutting doughinto fanciful designs and shapes for the manufacture of noodles and thelike, the machine embodying punching devices or dies adapted to form thenovel d signs of noodles from a relatively thin sheet dough ied over thedie plate. v

in connection with the machine for cutting the different forms ofnoodles, an endi ss belt conveyor is provided for carrying 1e cutnoodles from one end of the machine to the other and for delivering sameinto a receptacle, while another receptacle is prod at the tor-yard endof the machine for the reception of the unused strip of dough forpurposes of collecting the same ror reworinng.

in the preferred form of the present machine, a plate over which thesheet or strip of dough is passed, is provided with a plu rfity oitfanciful openings through which the dough is forced by plungers or dies,but it is a so intended that cooperating male and female die members maybe positioned its sides of the apertured plate for the design or" noodledesired.

, above and other objects in view, ion consists in the novel term, ionand arrangement of parts herehe]. and shown in the accomnawings, whereinlike reference ate similar parts throughout ws'. v swings 'e l is a sideelevational view of a cutting machine constructed in acce with thepresent invention illusor the dough,

' a top plan View of the machine of dough supported therein and ltherethrough,

3 is a vertical cross sectional view n 1111 Ell-Ell of Fig. 1 showingbait and cams carried thereby tor operatingior shitting the presser barde vices,

Fig. i is a fragmentary sectional View of the dough feeding belt withthe guide rollers positioned thereabove, V

Fig. 5 is an enlarged top plan view of the forming plate and pincarrying ars removed from the machine, the pins being illustrates ascontacting midway the side walls of the noodle forming openings,

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view, partially in section of the forming plateshown in. Fig. 5, illustrating the presser pins completely retractedfrom the noodle forming openings,

Fig. '7 is a fragmentary cross sectional View taken on line Vlll ll ofFig. 3, through the forming plate and plunger head, showing a strip ofdough passing over the forming plate and with the'presser pinscontacting midway oi the noodle'torming opening, I I

Eig. 8 is a view similar to. Fig. o'taken on line VlIl Vlll of Fig. 3,showing the plunger head with the die carried thereby lowered into thenoodle receiving opening 'with the presser pins, partially projectingtaken on line X-X or" 3, showing the spear head 01" the plungerrodengaging the pins carried the pin shitting bars for removing thepresser pins from the noodle rece vnw openings,

m 11 represents ri differentforms of noodles to be cut by the machine, 77

big. 12 represents aportion or" a strip of doiwh after having passedthrou h the ma a V i L a chine w th the noodles out therefrom;

Fig. 13 is a fragmentary elevational view or a modified form of theinvention showing male and female die members arranged opposite sides ofthe forming plate, and Fig. 14!: is a side elevational View of thespearoperating cam removed from the. power shaft. i

The, present invention has particular.

to the machine, there is provided a frame-' work for supporting a powershaft upon which a plurality of separate cams are secured and from whichcams, power is communicated to a plunger head carrying a plurality ofdies for operation upon a strip of dough fed therebeneath and over aforming plate provided with the desired shape of opening therein.Tensioned presser bars are laterally shiftable relative to the formingplate and carry cooperating pins passing through the oppositely alinedopenings in the forming plate and contacting midway the side walls ofthe noodle receiving openings, others of said cams being employed foroperating plunger devices for shifting the laterally movable presser pincarrying bars to remove the pins from the openings to permit a freepassage of the noodles therethrough, the relative positions of theoperating faces of said cams being positioned to cause a completeremoval of the pins from the noodle receiving openings prior to thereception therein of the dies carriedby the plunger head whereby whenthe section of dough is forced into said opening by said plunger head,said presser pins are permitted to move back into said openings toprevent the complete passage of the cut noodle through the openings inthe forming plate, continued movement of the power shaft completelyforcing the cut noodle down into alinement with the cooperating presserpins and subsequently elevating the plunger head and completelyretracting the separating devices for the presser bars to permit saidpresser bars to close upon the forming plate with the presser pinspinching or bending the stamped noodle into the desired shape. Thecompletely formed noodles in passing from the forming plate are receivedupon an endless conveyer directing the same to a point rearwardly of themachine into a receiving receptacle while the strip of dough with thepunched openings therein continues in its passage over the forming plateand is received in a receptacle at the front end of the machine.Operating devices are alsoemployed for feeding the dough in strip formthrough the machine synchronously with the operation of the plunger headso that an unpunched or plain strip of dough is fed over the formingplate with each elevating movement of the plunger head.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawings, and particularlyto Figs. 1, 2, and 3, there is illustrated a noodle cutas. I 1,373,796

upon which the dough in rolled sheet forma- 7 tion as illustrated at 22in Fig. 1 is received with the strip 22 of said roll being fed to themachine in a manner presently to appear. .The connecting bars 17 of thefront and rear legs 14 and 15 carry vertical arms 23 having journaled inthe upper ends thereof, a horizontal shaft 24 having a drum 25 fixedthereto between the arms 23. Vertical extensions 15 are carried by therear legs 15 and have journaled therein, the horizontal shaft 26supporting the drum 2? between said extensions 15"'while an endless belt28. extends over the drums 25 and 27. The dough strip 22 in passingthrough the machine in first leaving th roll 22 is received on the uppersection of the endless belt 28 and is maintained in contact therewith bythe spacedmollers 29 journaled at their ends in opposite arms 30pivotally mounted upon the rod 31 journaled at its ends in the legextensions 15 as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4. Y

In order to cause the operation of the endless belt 28 and a consequentfeeding of the dough strip'22, there is provided a power shaft 32journaled transversely of the machine in hangers 33 depending from theconnecting bars 17, thepower shaft 32 carry-l ing a loose pulley 34 anda fixed pulley for the operation thereof. A crank arm 36 is keyedto theend of the shaft 32 while the outer end thereofis connect-ed aS at 37 toone end of a relatively long link 38. the other end of said link beingconnected as at 39 to the free end of another crank arm 40 journaled onthe corresponding end of the shaft 24'. A ratchet wheel 41 is secured onsaid shaft 24 adjacent the crank arm 40 medium of the connecting link 38and the V pawl and ratchet devices.

A guide frame 44' is carried by the forward ends of the connecting bars17 and are bifurcated as at 45 at their outer ends for slidablyreceiving and guiding in its movement, the transverse plunger. head 46.The reciprocating mechanism' for the plunger head 46 includes a disk 47eccentrically secured to the shaft 32 adjacent each end thereof andoutwardly of the hangers, 33, and each disk is inclosed by a sectionalstrip 48 having a pitman connection 49 with each end of the plunger headas at 50 so that rotary motion of the power shaft 32 through theeccentric disks 47 is converted into reciprocating motion for theplunger 46 by the pitman connections 49.

As the dough is fed forwardly by the enclless belt 29, the same passesover an apron 51 extending from the drum 25 to the noodle forming plate52, thus to conduct the strip of dough over the intervening space. Endprojections 53 are carried by the noodle forming plate 52 and arereceived between the bifurcated outer ends 44 of the supporting frameand are suitably retained therein. As illustrated in Fig. 5, the formingplate 52 is provided with a plurality of openings 54 rectangular in formwith the faces of said openings corrugated as at 54, but it is to beunderstood that the openings 54 may be of any form. desired such asoval, circular, square or diamond-shaped and it is intended to constructthe machine with interchangeable forming plates. A. presser bar 55 isarranged at each side of the forming plate 52 and the presser bars aremounted on rods 56 which are maintained in contact at their oppositeends, with lateral projections 52 of said forming plate by; expansioncoil springs 57 arranged between the heads of the rods 58 and the outerfaces of the presser bars 55. Alined Openings 59 are pro ided in thepresser bar 52 preferably midway the opposite ends of the openings andthrough which openings freely extend presser pins 60 carried by thepresser bars, which pins contact each other as illustrated in Fig. 5when the presser bars 55 are forced into engagement with the projections52 of the forming plate by the springs 57. A transverse opening 61 isprovided in the forming plates 53 adjacent each endthereof and intowhich slidably. project pins 60 fixed to the presser bars 55, the pinsbeing slightly spaced at their adjacent ends with the presser barscontacting the forming plate for purposes that will presently apear. 1

As illustrated in Figs. 3 and 9, the power shaft 32 has a cam 62 fixedthereto adjacent the inner face of each hanger 33, the cams 62 havingthe operating faces thereof stepped as at 62 and concentric withtheshaft and being positioned between the two pairs of depending legs 63straddling the power shaft 32 and inclosing the cam, the upper ends ofthe legs 63 being connected to the plunger rod 64 carrying a spear. head65 at its upper end, the plunger rod 64 being guided in its verticalmovements in response to the rotation of the cam 62 by the bracket arm66 projecting from the brace bar 17 of the-frame, the plunger rod 64being supported by the cams 62 as clearly illustrated in Fig.3. Toeffecta withdrawal of the pins 60 from the noodle forming opening 54,the shaft 32 is rotated to cause the cams 62 to elevate the plunger rods64 and with said plunger rods, the spear heads 65 thereof as illustratedin Fig. 10 to enter the end openings 61 of thenoodle forming plate 52for engagement-with the pins 60 carried by the presser bars 55 toproject said pins 60 from the opening 61 with a subsequent movement ofthe presser bars 55 and the pins 60 carried thereby, the cams 62operating to cause a'co mplete removal of the pins 60 from said openings54 and with a partial return of said pins to the openings prior to acomplete return thereof tov prevent the passage of an unpunched noodletherethrough.

As the punched dough strip 22 is fed over the noodle forming plate andforwardlyof the machine, the same is received in the forwardlypositioned box 67 and can be severed at the desired point and reworkedfor a subsequent passage'through the machine. A conveyingbelt for thecompleted noodles is provided beneath the forming plate and extends fromthe frontend ofthe machine to the rear end thereof and includes anendlessbelt 68 passing over rollers 69 and 70, the shaft for supportingthe roller 70 having a pulley 70 connected to the end thereof over whicha cross belt 71 passes, which belt also passes over a pulley 26 carriedby the shaft 26 so that the endless belts 28 and 68 operate in oppositedirections, both being driven by the pawl and ratchet devices 41 and 42receiving power from the shaft 32, a receptacle 72 being'arranged at therear end ;of the endless belt 68. for reor lightly sifted with flour toprevent coheslon whenwound into the roll 22 shown in Figs. 1 and 2, theroll 22 being carrled by the rod 21 which is selectively received in llOalined openings 20 of the frame arms 19.

The free end ofthe roll of dough is moved over the endless belt 28 toprovide a feed strip 22, the strip 22 passing beneath the journaled rods29 which rest thereon and hold the same in'frictional'engagement withthe endlessfeed belt 28. A power beltworking over the loose wheel 34 isshifted ontothe fixed wheel 35 for rotating the power shaft 32, and suchcontinuous rotary motion of the power shaft 32 communicates a'step bystep movement to the endless beltj28 through the medium ofthe crank arms&

' pawl and ratchet wheel l2 and i1, respecopenings 5:: L0

said openings by said pins to drop by its tively, the rank 86 beingshorter than the crank armlO so that a continuous rotary movement of thecrank arm 36 communicates an oscillatory movement to the crank arm 40whereby the ratchet wheel is given a step by step movement. The drum 25.being fixed to shaft 24 moves therewith and imparts such intermittentmovement to the endless belt 28 while the spring de ice maintains thepawl in engagem ntwith the ratchet wheel at all times. Through themedium of the eccentrically mounted disk a7 and the strap connection asbetween said dislt'and the pitman rod e9, the olunger head a6 isreciprocated between the bifurcations lz) of r the forwardly extendingbracket is and secured to said plun er head is a plate 73 carryingplurality of punching dies 'T-l substantially equal in cross sec' tionalarea to the openings 5% in the 'forming plate 52, but being providedwith plain surfaces. The dough s rip 22 passes over the apron 51 andonto the forming plate 52 to overlie all of said openings 5%. Thedescenuing movement of the punching die Tel with the plunger as engagesthe dough strip 22 for punching a section thereof into the opening 5%which punched section or noodle cut from the dough will have aperipheral edge similar to the corrugated face 5% of the forming plateopening and as illustrated in Fig. 8, the presser pins =30 slightlyproject into the opening at this time to prevent a complete passage ofthe cut noodle through the opening, the punching die T l mendingslightly below the upper surface of the pins to assure the pins gri pingthe cut dough during a subsequent movement. Simultaneously with thelowering movement of the plunger head and punching dies carried thereby,the plunger rods 6% are elevated by the cams 62 lined to said powershaft 32 and engaging the lower ends of said plunger rods. lV hen theplunger rods 6% are elevated, the spear heads 65 thereof enter theopenings (Si in the ends of the forming plates 52 and by contacting thepins 60 move said pins outwardly of said openings with'a like lateralmovement of the side presser bars 55 fixed to said pins whereupon thepins 60 during the initial rise of the plunger rods will be completedlyretracted from the interior of the A permit a noodle retained in ownweight upon the conveying belt 68. The step 62 in the working face ofthe cam 62 permits a slight retraction of the plunger rod 6% with thespear head 65 so that the presser pins 60 may slightly project into theopenings 54 to prevent a subsequent piece of dough forced therein by thedie plungers M- from completely passing therethrough. The cams 62 andthe eccentric disks a? are positioned on the power.

will by force of the springs 57 be permitted to move incontactingrelations with respect to the ends '52 to permit thecooperating presser pinsGO entering the forming openings st for pinchingor bending the noodle therebetween, and to form the type of noodle shownin Fig. 11. The punched strip 22 of the dough as illustrated in 12 isfed forwardly of the forming plate and is received in the be 6'7 and mayagain be reworked for 'repassage through the machine. The completednoodles in fallin through the forming plate 52 by a release or the pins(50 will fall upon the conveyor belt 68 and as above described, beconveyed to the rear end ofthe machine for reception in the box 7 2. Asabove described, the pins 60 retain the pinched, pressed or foldednoodle in theopening 5a in the forming plate until a subsequentdescending movement of the plunger head 46 and the initial function ofthe cam 62'is -completely to remove the presser pins 60 the openings 5%to prevent a newly punched a or cut noodle from I completely passingthrough the opening, with a subsequent complete projection of the pinsin said openings.

lVhile the openings 5% illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 are of rectangularformation, the present invention also contemplates the sub stitution offorming plates provided with additional shaped openings such as an oval,or circular opening to provide the form of noodles illustrated in Fig.11 and with an oval die plunger'or conical die plunger to be carried bythe plunger head. From the above detailed description of the inventionit is believed that the construction and op eration of the machinewill'at once be apparent, it being noted that with the continuousrotation of the power shaft 32,the

machine is continuous in its operation and through the feeding belt 28,an unpunched section of the dough strip 22 is fed to the forming plateas for engagement by the of the forming plate thus plunger head l6 andwith each rise of the plunger rods 64 to remove the presser pins 60 fromthe forming plate openings 54, the

in Fig. 13 and together with this figure, at-

tention is directed to Fig. 3 which illustrates as having mounted on thepower shaft 32, a cam 7 5 inclosed by depending legs 7 6 corre spondingto the legs 63 with the upper ends of said legs connected to the plungerrod 7 7 and being guided in its movements by the bracket arm 66. Theforming plate 78 shown in Fig. 13 may be of the same general design asillustrated in Fig. 5 of the preferred form, but in lieu of the punchingdies 74:, cooperating die members at each side of the forming plate 52are provided, female die members 79 carried by the plunger head 46 areadapted to be lowered into the openings-78 in the forming plate whilethe male die members 80 carried by a plate 81 secured to the upper endsof the plunger rods 77 are moved upwardly into the openings 78 forcooperation with the female die members; this form of the invention, theearns 62 operate as in the preferred construction, punching the doughstrip to position a part thereof in the opening 78' for initialretention by the pins 60 while the male members 80 of the dies movingupwardly engage the bottom face of the punched section of dou h forforming the noodle, and whenthe ie sections 79 and 80 separate as inFig. 13, the pins 60 move toward each other to bend or fold the noodle.During the initial operation of the cam 62, as in the preferredconstruction, a complete retraction of the presser pins is effected todischarge the noodle from the opening '78 with a subsequent projectionof the pins into "said openings for engagement wlth a new piece of doughforming the noodle that is received in the opening and as described inconnection with the other form of the invention, the operation iscontinuous and identical as above described.

The invention is to be considered in its broadest aspect, and while thepreferred forms are herein illustrated. it is to be understood thatvarious parts thereof may be changed in details of construction ormodified in any manner desired such as the substitution of formingplates for the manufacture of noodles of an infinitely different numberof designs, methods of conveying the finished noodles from the machineand the apparatus for feeding the dough strip, all of which shall fallwithin the scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

In the operation of e What is claimed as new is 1. A dough cuttingmachine of the class described comprising a frame, a forming platecarried thereby and having a plurality of openings therein, means forprogressively feeding a dough strip over the forming plate, a punchingdie cooperating with said forming plate openings, collecting means forthe punched noodles, collecting means for the punched sheet of dough,and means projecting into the forming ,plate openings through theside'wallsthereof to prevent the complete passage of a piece of puncheddough through the openings in the forming plate when initially receivedtherein.

2. A dough cutting machine of the class described comprising a frame, aforming plate carried thereby and having a plurality of openingstherein, means for progressively feeding a dough strip over the formingplate, a punching die cooperating with said forming plate openings,collecting means for the punched noodles, collecting means for thepunched sheet of dough,means projecting into the forming plate openingsthroughthe side walls thereof to revent the complete passage of a piece0 punched dough through the openings in the forming plate when initiallyreceived therein, and means for operating the last named means extendingbetween the forming plate and the power shaft.

3. A machine of the type described comprising a frame, a dough rollsupport carried thereby, a feeding device for the free end of said doughroll, and a noodle form ing device supported on said frame forwardly ofsaid feeding device, said noodle forming device including a formingplate having openings therein, a plunger head over said forming plate,plunger dies carried by said head for cooperating with said openlngs,means for reciprocating said plunger head, and means carried by opposite sides of said forming plate and extending through the side wallsthereof and into the plate openings to prevent a complete passage of apunched section of the dough th'erethrough when first entering the openg. A machine of the type described com-' prising a frame, adough rollsupport car ried thereby, a feed device for the free end of the doughroll, a power shaft journaled' in said frame, connecting means betweenthe power shaft and the feeding device, a

forming plate having openings therein supported forwardly of the feedingdevice, plunger dies recipifocable above said forming plate, connectingmeans between the formingdie's and the power shaft, presser barstensioned at opposite sides of said forming plate, presser pins carriedby said bars and slidably extending through the opposite side walls ofthe forming plate for the upper ends of said of the forming plate, meansfor shifting said ,presser bars and pins carried thereby operated fromthe power shaft, said last named means including earns fixed to saidpower shaft, plungers reciprocated by said cams,

plunger rods extending between space-d pins at the ends of saidpresserbars for engagement therewith to laterally shift the presser bars and toremove the cooperating pins from said openings,

5. A machine of the type des'f'ribed comprising a frame, a dough rollsupport carried thereby, a feed device or the free end of the doughroll, a power shaft journaled in said frame, connecting means betweenthe power shaft and the feeding device, a forming plate having openingstherein supported forwardly of the feeding device,

' plunger dies reciprocahle above saic forming plate, connecting meansbetween the forming dies and the power shaft, 'presser bars tensioned atopposite sides of said forming plate, presser pins carried by said barsand slidably extending through the opposite side Walls of the forming:plate for contact at their adjacent endsinterme diate of the upper andlower ends of the openings of the forming'plate, means for shifting saidpresser bars and pins carried thereby operated from the power shaft,said last named means including cams fixed to said power shaft, plungersreciprocate-cl by said cams, the upper ends of said plunger rodsextending betiveen spaced pins at the ends of said. presser bars forgagement therewith to laterally shift the pi sser bars and to remove thecooperating pins from said openings,said camshaving tie Working facesthereof stepped to cause an initial complete Withdrawal of the pins"from said opening and a subsequent partial projection of thepins intosaid opening to prevent a complete passage or" the punched piece ofdough therethrough with a subsequent coniplcte insertion of said pins intheopenings to fold the piece of dough therein.

6A machine of the type described coniprising a frame, a dough rollsupport carried ther by, noodle forming devices arranged at the forwardend of the machine, means for conveying the dough strip from the roll tothe noodle forming devices, and a power shaft, said noodle formingdevices including a forming plate having a plurality of openingstherein, dies'vertically movable above the openings in said formingplate and adapted to punch a section of the dough strip thereinto,operative connections through th opposite ivallsot the forming plate andoperated by said power-shaft tor retarding the passage of a punchedsection of dough through the forming plate openings, and subsequentlyoperating to permit a complete passage oi the, punched sectiontherethrough. V

7. A machine of the type'described con prising aframe, a dough rollsupport carried thereby, noodle forming devices arat the forwardend oi'the machine, means forconveying the dough strip from the roll to thenoodle forming devices, a power shaft, said noodle forming devicesincluding a forming plate having a plurality of openings therein,diesverticallymovable above the openings in said forming plate andadapted to punch a section of the dough strip thereinto, operativeconnections between the vertically movable dies and the power shaft,means slidably extending through the opposite Walls of the forming plateand operated by said power sha t or retarding the passage of a punchedsection of dough through the forming pla opening, and subsequentlyoperating to permit a complete passage of the punched sectiontherethrough, said means adapted during the operation thereof to pinchor told'the' section of dough retained in said openings.

8. A machine of the typeedescribed com prising a noodle forming plate,means for forcing a' section otdough through said plate and meansassociated with said plate and slidably extending through the side Wallsthereof to prevent "the (ilough from completely passing therethroughYvllQllqlliltial-ly received therein, said "means subsequentlyoperating'torelease the retained section of dough.

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